by Peter Rüegg, ETH Zurich It’s a fact: Switzerland’s Piz Daint is the fastest supercomputer in Europe. What’s more, it has now been named the greenest petaflop computer in the world at SC13 in Denver, Colorado (USA). Piz Daint performs 3.2 billion operations (3.2 gigaflops) per watt, making it fourth in the Green500 ranking of […]

We are very happy to announce, that we will be able to have a BoF session at SC13 in Denver. Reserve already now the date: Wednesday, November 20, 12:15PM – 1:15PM SESSION: High-Performance Communications for High-Performance Computing EVENT TYPE: Birds of a Feather Date and TIME: Wednesday, November 20, 12:15PM – 1:15PM SESSION LEADER(S): Jack […]

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed an algorithm that simulates high-temperature superconductivity much faster. The team was nominated as one of the Gordon Bell Prize finalists for the project and is to be rewarded by the US Department of Energy with access to the supercomputer “Titan”. by Simone Ulmer Peter Staar, a doctoral student under Thomas […]

SC attracts an exclusive group of scientists, researchers, department managers, lab directors and decision makers from all corners of the High Performance Computing (HPC) and networking industry. This year, SC13 will feature one of the largest exhibitions in conference history, with nearly 400 exhibitors from industry and research institutions around the world. The representatives of CSCS and […]

Piz Daint is No.6 on the TOP500 and the most energy efficient system in the TOP10 “The new entry in the TOP10 is at No. 6 –Piz Daint, a Cray XC30 system installed at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano, Switzerland and now the most powerful system in Europe. Piz Daint achieved 6.27 […]